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Dubai: One of the top 10 best cities in the world

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Dubai bagged the 6th position among the top 10 best cities by World’s Best Cities 2021 report by Resonance Consultancy after beating few global cities, like Singapore, Rome and Chicago, based on the rankings released every year by the tourism, real estate, and economic growth advisor based in Canada and the US

London, England's capital, is ranked as the best city in the world, followed by New York (USA), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan), Singapore, Barcelona (Spain), and Los Angeles (USA).

According to Resonance President & CEO Chris Fair, the World's Best cities rankings are made up of experiential factors that people consider most important in selecting a city to live and visit, as well as empirical factors those business decision-makers consider important for business or investment. Also the data collected, will provide a glimpse of performance during the Pandemic crisis. Mr. Chris Fair further adds that a year from now will be a perfect way to evaluate that which one of these cities has proved its resilience during the Covid crisis.

Selection criteria

  • Place: Focuses mainly on the weather, safety, landmarks and neighborhood.

  • Product:Focuses mainly on hardware ranking of the place. Connectivity to airport, its university rankings, museums and few other attractions.

  • Prosperity: The number of Global 500 corporate headquarters and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are the main subjects of debate.

  • Programming:Focuses mainly on the stuffs like, food, shopping areas, night life.

  • Promotion:Depicting the city’s ability to tell a story, with Instagram hashtags, Google searches, Facebook check-ins.

  • People:Measures the diversity of population in a city as well as the percentage of bachelor’s degree in the whole population.

Dubai

Every year, the emirate attracts a large number of tourists, according to the survey. The Dubai Mall, the world's most visited mall, which has contributed to Dubai's ranking as the 26th best shopping destination. The Burj Khalifa and CityLand Mall, the world's first nature-inspired shopping mall, were both listed in the article.

The outdoors, however, are the decisive factors in Dubai's 6th overall ranking. The city offers outdoor opportunities that are ranked fifth in quality, and it is ranked eighth in both Safety and Weather. According to the article, the calm locations, such as Sufouh Beach, Palm Jumeirah, and the XVA Cafe in the XVA Gallery, make Dubai a favourite among different genres of travellers.

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